Howard Talbot

a. The Children’s Book, Author The book that I have chosen to use for this assignment is called, “Beautiful Oops” by Barney Saltzberg. This book is about all those little oops moments that we encounter on a day to day basis. An example would be spilling paint or ripping a page in a book. The book helps you to see that those oops can be turned into something beautiful. An example would be the torn paper is turned into an alligator with its mouth as the ripped part of the paper. Another example would

Reality Boy In this story by A.S. King is an intriguing story about a boy named Gerald Faust who has overcome a past filled with neglect and torture from his family at home. His oldest sister, Tasha, is the true source of the family problems but only Lizi, the middle child, knows the entire truth of it. Reality Boy is told in the first person narrative, following Gerald’s life from two weeks before he turns seventeen, to two weeks after. Within this time he finds out who he really is through a true

In my opinion, a book is always a better choice for entertainment then a movie. Usually, when a book is adapted into a movie; the movie always seems to omit scenes and details mentioned in the book. This is the same with Walter Mosley’s Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned; a novel that tells a story surrounding a man named Socrates Fortlow. However, while the movie version of Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned follows the same concept as the book there are substantial differences in terms of events

I chose to read World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War. I was looking forward to reading this book because I enjoy science fiction book because it’s more interesting then books that are just normal books. One thing I liked about this was the plot. I enjoy that it was written to show how humans would behave if this was actually to happen. I have mixed opinions about how we as a country would deal with this just because do we fight? Hold up in a secure building? Or do we start doing experiments

"DIA!" His father's screams replayed over in his head as he woke, being pulled out of his slumber by the sound of doors crashing open. Captain Poison screamed at him "Your mothers and fathers are dead! Your brothers and sisters are dead!" As Dia and the other boys were rushed through the camp, the thoughts of his family came flooding back to him. The way his mother used to softly sing him to sleep when he was younger or how his father would joke around with him on the way to school. His family wasn't

The book "Lord of the Flies" was written after the author William Golding came back from second world war. William golding used his experiences from the conflict of the war to write a book that has conflict as the core message. This is shown by the direct war between civiliation and savagary. It is also shown by the underline descriptions of the children being opposite to each other. The first point in the book is the conflict between civilation and savagary. The conflict between these two areas

Recently I read this book called Sorcerers of the Nightwing by Geoffrey Huntington, it is a great book by the way. In the beginning, you will meet a young boy named Devon, who is attacked by a demon as a young boy. Fast forwarding a few years later Devon’s father gets very sick, he dies, but tells Devon that he is adopted. Soon after he is sent to a place called Misery Point, where he meets Amanda and Cecily Crandall, and Alexander Muir. He lives with them at Ravenscliff, a very creepy house on top

A One/City One Book project is a program where a town, city, or community reads a certain book and have discussions, games, and activities. In order for the project to work, you need to assign a book with which everyone one agrees with. A book that will open people’s eyes and see other lives and problems. This project is a great way to unite the community with reading. People say that young age groups don’t have a connection with older age groups, but this way they have something to relate too

If I were to work for a nonprofit, I would choose Room to Read, an organization that aims towards improving literacy and gender equality in third world countries. The founder, John Wood, launched Room to Read in order to target the fact that many young girls are denied educational opportunities in the developing world. The lack of teachers, educational resources, and books have prevented them from acquiring necessary literacy skills. The organization partners with local governments to provide assistance

Daniel Martinez Period 3 The Book Thief In the Book Thief we are introduced to an interesting character named Rudy. Rudy was a “bony legged, sharp teethed,blue eyed boy with blonde hair.” In chapter eight we are introduced to the character when Liesel plays soccer with the Himmel Street children. Since that part of the book we got to witness the ten year old boy grow and go through significant problems that eventually tore apart his life. Within the book we witness the characteristics of Rudy